Embroidery



F. CROZET.

EMBROIDERY. APPLICATION FILED DEC-29, I91

1,375,95 1 Patented Apr. 26,1921.

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FRANCOIS CROZE'JE', OF CONDRIEU, FRANCE.

EMBROIDERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed. December 29, 1917. Serial No. 209,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCOIS Cnoznr, a citizen ofthe Republic of France, resident of Condrieu, Rhone, France, have invented a new and useful Embroidery, which is fully set forth in the following specificatlon.

This invention relates to improvements in embroidery, and more particularly in the production of embroidered fabr cs of the type in which a core or padd1ng is attached by stitching to a fabric body; the invention residing primarily in the special procedure whereby such attachment is effected.

According to the invent1on, a lacing thread is wound spirally around the core or padding and is caused to pass at each turn across the loops of one or more attaching threads which are always disposed on the back of the fabric, the said loops, however being drawn through to the front or r1ght side of the fabric in order to permit the engagement of the lacing thread therewith.

The accompanying drawing shows various forms of stitches within the scope of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to these precise forms, but comprehends other forms having the characteristic features hereinafter claimed.

Figure 1 is a face view of a fabrlc with the stitching applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showlng the.

lacing thread engaged with the attaching thread at the opposite side of the core from Fi 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the attaching thread wound upon itself.

Fig. 4 shows the so-called festoonl stitch.

Fig. 5 shows the laclng thread wound around the core in the same manner 3.8 111 Fig. 1, but engaged with two attaching threads instead of. with one. i

Fig. 6 is a view generally slmllar to F 1g. 5, excepting that the lacing thread is wound around the core in the manner represented in Fig. 4:. I

Fig. 7 shows the two attaching threads of Fig. 5 arranged zig-zag fashion and crossing each other instead of belng dlsposed parallel.

Fig. 8 is a variation of the form represented in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a back view of a form somewhat may be of any desired character, ornamental or not. The turns or spires of the windin always extend in the same direction; anc l at the completion of each turn, the lacing thread passes through the loop 21 of the stitching thread 18 (i. e., the thread by which the core and lacing are attached to the fabric), the loop being visible through the needle hole 21 in the fabric. The stitching or attaching thread always remains on the back of the fabric, and its loops 21 may be open, as indicated in Fig. 1, or closed as in Fig. 2. The lacing thread is wound around the core by means of a rotary shuttle, and the stitching threadis laid by means of a reciprocating needle; the precise me chanical devices for operating the shuttle and needle forming in themselves no part of the invention and, hence, being omitted from the present showing.

In Fig. 2 the stitching, thread 18 is ar-.

ranged at the opposite side of the core, to that shown in Fig. 1, andits loops 21 catch the lacing thread inftheopposite direction to those of Fig. 1; while in Fig. 3, the loops, which are similar to those of Fig. 2, cross each other, as indicated at 22.

Fig. 4 shows a somewhat more complicated form of winding or lacing than those represented in Figs. 1-3- and which is utilized in making the so-called festoon stitch. It comprises a helix of a certain number of turns or spires, always in the, same direction; but if the turns or spires extend to the left, for example, the lacing thread does not always remain at the right of the portions already wound but, on the contrary, at each turn it passes at 5 between the portion 6, 7 which follows the preceding turn and the core; the portion 5 taking the direction of winding so that at each turn the lacing makes from left to right, the lacing thread passes to the left of a portion already wound. The lacing thread passes at every turn through the loops of the stitching thread which extend across the needle holes 24, 25, 26 in the fabric.

In Fig. 5, the helical lacing or winding is again utilized; but instead of a single stitching thread, there are two, indicated at 18 and 19, which are disposed in parallel relation at opposite sides of the core, and which are applied mechanically to the fabric by means of two non-oscillatingneedles. The same general type of seam is also represented in Fig. 6; but insteadof having a truly helical winding or lacing, the form illustrated in Fig. 4' is employed. Fig. 7 shows a helical winding or lacing, as in Figs. 1 and 5, with two stitching threads, said threads, however, passing alternately first to one side and then to the other of the core in such a way as to form a series of connected lozenges which are more or less elongated according to the length of the stitches which form them.

Fig. 8 shows the form of stitch which at present is considered the most important, this stitch combining the winding shown in Figs. 4; and 6, with the criss-cross or lozenge stitching of Fig. 7, such stitching being produced by means of a pair of needles which are caused to oscillate mechanically bysuitable mechanism. Certain details'of this stitch are illustrated in Fig. 9, which represents the stitch as viewed from the back of the fabric. The core in this instance may consist either of a single thread only, or of two or more separate threads, this being entirely immaterial. The lacing thread is wound around the core and passes at each turn between the portion of it which follows the preceding turn and the core. Thus in Fig. 8 the thread 1 does not pass above the portion 6, 7, but really'beneath it, so that it passes between theportion 6, 7 which follows the preceding turn and the core; the thread 1 always passing twice per turn through the loops of the two stitching threads 27, 27, which remain at the back of the fabric, though their loops can be drawn through the needle holes to the front of the fabric. The stitching thread 27 comprises diagonal parts 10, 11 and 12, 13 which always overlie the diagonal parts 14, 15 and 16, 17 of the other stitching thread 27, the two threads 27 and 27 passing alternately from side to side of the core so as to form the lozenge-shaped seams or stitches.

thread disposed entirely at the back of the fabric and formed with loops with which the lacing thread is engaged at each turn.

3. A stitch or seam applied to a fabric and comprising a core, a lacing thread wound spirally therearound and passing at each turn around the core between the latter and the part of the lacing thread which follows the preceding turn, and a pair of stitching threads disposed entirely at the back of the fabric and havingloops disposed at opposite sides of the core and with which the lacing thread is engaged at each turn.

A. A stitch or seam applied toa fabric and comprising a core, a lacing thread wound spirally therearound, and a pair of stitching threads disposed entirely at the back of the fabric and which pass alternately from one side of the core to the other zig-zag fashion so as to form a series of connected lozenges with which the lacing thread is engaged at each turn.

5. A stitch or seam applied to a fabric and comprising a core, a lacing thread wound spirally therearound and passing at each turn around the core between the latter and the part of the lacing thread which follows thepreceding turn, and a pair of stitching threads disposed entirely atthe back of the fabric and which pass alternately from'one side of the core to theother zig-zag fashion so as to form a series-of connected lozenges with which the lacing thread is engaged at each turn;

In testimony whereof I have signed-this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCOISCROZET. Witnesses:

HENRY BELMONT, JEAN CHAMPION. 

